In the ancient times a poor decent labouring man dreamt three nights
of finding a kist was hid in the fort near his home.
So away there he went for to dig, and not long was he working at all
when he came on the beautiful gold.
"In troth I am rich from this out," he calls at the height of his
voice.
With that the whole treasure fell down through the earth: he should
not have spoken at all. Then there came a powerful great cat, and it
was the guard of the kist. Now the man had the wit to take hold of
the appearance before him, and let it strive never so hard it could
not contrive to escape. "I'll hold you," says he, "till you tell me
where is the gold!"
"Dig at the far side," says a voice. But whether it came from the
cat was past the man's wit for to know.
Well he went over and began for to dig at the far side, and he came
on a big copper pot. But no gold was in it at all.